Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Where America's most notorious outlaws came to die -- when they didn't really die the first time.

An impressive collection of caskets, hearses, and other funeral industry relics, including JFK's original Eternal Flame, at the National Museum of Funeral History.

Is it possible to cheat death -- at least for a little while? Scientists say "No!" but an embalmed lizard in Texas seems to say "Yes!"

A statue of a half-eaten watermelon in the city center signifies Dilley's rep as the Watermelon Capital of Texas.

Not just an Eiffel Tower replica in a town named Paris. It's an Eiffel Tower replica topped with a big cowboy hat in a town named Paris.

Vince Hannemann's backyard folk art environment was built out of cast-offs because he thought it was fun.

Big dino statues from the 1964 NY World's Fair stand near a riverbed full of authentic dinosaur footprints.

Treasure-filled freak show -- "Five Museums in One" it boasts -- acquiring stuffed animals, horn and antler art, and weird wonders since the 1880s. Enjoy a beer while you admire a cathedral made of 50,000 matchsticks or an 8-legged, 3-eared lamb.

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